In article <2018122009375817158-Savageduck1@REMOVESPAMmecom>, Savageduck says...
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>On 2018-12-20 16:36:58 +0000, Stormin' Norman
><norman@schwarzkopf.in.memorium> said:
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>> All partisanship and snarkiness aside, I am wondering if any Trump
>> supporters (or anyone else) can offer a reasonable tactical or
>> strategic argument (which benefits the USA or it's theater allies) for
>> the complete and immediate withdrawal of all US troops from Syria?
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>> Every scenario and explanation I envision culminates in sinister
>> motives and dire ramifications.
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>> Anyone have something redeeming for this decision?
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>Only Donald's pal Vlad.
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/putin-welcomes-trump%e2%80%99s-syria-withdrawal-%e2%80%98donald%e2%80%99s-right%e2%80%99/ar-BBRdyQO?li=BBnb7Kz
Mr. Trump said on Wednesday that he was ordering the withdrawal because the
United States military had achieved its goal of defeating the Islamic State
militant group in Syria. But the move caught many by surprise, including some of
his military and diplomatic advisers.
It has also drawn criticism, even among Republicans, for abandoning Kurdish
allies in the fight against the Islamic State and for aiding the geopolitical
ambitions of Iran and Russia in the Middle East. Speaking at his annual news
conference, which typically runs for several hours, Mr. Putin said he broadly
agreed that the Islamic State had been defeated in Syria.
The Russian leader expressed skepticism, however that American forces would
actually withdraw, as the United States had announced a pullout from Afghanistan
by 2014 but still has forces in that country today.
long has the United States been in Afghanistan? Seventeen years? And almost
Regarding Syria, he said, Mr. Trump made the right decision because the American
troops are in the country illegally, never having been invited by the Syrian
government, as Russian forces were.
The United States had backed opponents of President Bashar al-Assad of Syria,
though the approximately 2,000 American troops in the country have mostly
avoided direct combat with the Russian-backed Syrian Army and its proxies. In
February, American soldiers repelled an attack on their position by forces that
included Russian citizens working for a Russian security contracting company.
direct engagement between their armed forces.
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